Digital Forensics is the investigation andrecovery of data contained in digital devices. This data is often the subject of investigations in litigation, proof of guilt, and corrective action in an organiza-tion. When the time comes that you need to investigate your organization, will you have the skill set necessary to gather the digital data that you need? The Certified Digital Forensics Examiner course will benefit organizations, individuals, government offices, and law enforcement agencies in performing these investigations and report-ing their findings.To illustrate, let’s say an employee needs to be terminated for a violation of computer usage rules. To do so the organization must furnish an irrefutable burden of proof based on digital evidence. If not irrefutable, an attorney knowl-edgeable about Digital Forensics could have the case thrown out of court. Government and investigative agencies need proper training to succeed in cases like the above as well as those including acts of fraud, computer mis-use, illegal pornography, counterfeiting, and so forth. A C)DFE is aptly pre-pared to handle these types of situations
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Computer Forensics as a field was born and developed by U.S. federal law enforcement agents during the mid to late 1980s. New techniques were needed to meet the challenges of white-collar crimes being committed with the assistance of a PC. By 1985 enforcement agents were being trained in the automated environment and by 1989 software and proto-cols were beginning to emerge in the discipline. Mile2 originally had two forensics cours-es: CFED (Computer Forensics and Electronic Discovery) and AFCT (Advanced Foren-sics Computer Techniques). These courses and related materials were created by practi-tioners in the forensics field. In 2008 CFED and AFCT were combined into the CDFE course. Course content and materials are updated regularly to keep up with technology and concepts in the digital forensics field.
Johnny Justice has been working with computers since 2005. He has been in the U.S. Army for over 13 years working as a Counterintelligence Agent (Computer Forensics, 8 years). He has taught Introduction to UNIX/LINUX, Network Essentials, and Theories and Application / Digital Technology. Johnny has developed courseware and training materials as well as presented these materials in the classroom. Johnny is working with an IT Security company to create an Online Learning Management System that provides training for IT Certifications (i.e. CompTIA, Cisco, Microsoft, ISC2 and Mile2). Johnny holds a variety of certifications: C)DFE, CEI, CSSA, ECSA, CHFI, Linux+, and CEH. He co-authored the 2012 update to the Certified Digital Foren-sics Examiner course and the 2013 Certified Network Forensics Engineer at Mile2. He graduated from American Military University in May 2008 with a Bachelor's of Science degree in Information Technology Management. Also, he graduated Magna Cum-Laude in 2012 from Nova Southeast-ern University with a Master’s of Science degree in Computer Science Education.
The Certified Digital Forensics Examiner exam is taken online through Mile2’s Assess-ment and Certification System (“MACS”), which is accessible on your mile2.com account. The C)DFE exam will take roughly 2 hours and consist of 100 multiple choice questions. The cost is $300 USD and must be purchased from the store on Mile2.com.
Module 1: Introduction
Module 2: Computer Forensic Incidents
Module 3: Investigation Process
Module 4: Disk Storage Concepts
Module 5: Digital Acquisition & Analysis
Module 6: Forensic Examination Protocols
Module 7: Digital Evidence Protocols
Module 8: CFI Theory
Module 9: CFI Digital Evidence Presentation
Module 10: Computer Forensic Laboratory Protocols
Module 11: Computer Forensic Processing
Module 12: Digital Forensics Reporting
Module 13: Specialized Artifact Recovery
Module 14: e-Discovery and ESI
Module 15: Cell Phone Forensics
Module 16: USB Forensics
Module 17: Incident Handling
Appendix 1: PDA Forensics
Appendix 2: Investigating Harassment
Lab 1: Preparing Forensic Workstation
Lab 2: Chain of Custody
Lab 3: Imaging Case Evidence / FTK Manager
Lab 4: Reviewing Evidence / Access Data Tools
Review and Exam
Course Title: C)DFE
Duration: 5 days, 40 Hrs
Instructor-led classroom Live Online Training Computer Based Training
Prerequisites: Experience in using a computer.
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